Jul 17 New York town is devastated by tornado. Storms flood the Ozarks and strand drivers in Toronto By Andrew DeMillo, Ed White, Associated Press Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England. Continue reading
Jul 16 Dam fails in southern Illinois town after storms hit Midwest, hundreds evacuated By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White, Jim Salter, Associated Press Officials say a reservoir dam failed near the Illinois community of Nashville. First responders tried Tuesday to ensure all 300 people in the evacuation zone got out safely. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 2:31 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid scorching heat By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller… Continue watching
Jul 08 How discriminatory housing policies of the past are shaping heat waves today in minority and low-income neighborhoods By Ryan Doan-Nguyen, Associated Press In big cities, the heat hits hardest for people of color and low-income residents. Continue reading
Jul 08 World set for week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes more likely By Associated Press As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas, the world is set for another week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes like these more likely. Continue reading
Jul 08 Records continue to tumble as relentless heat wave grips large parts of the country By Ty O'Neil, Christopher Weber, Associated Press A visitor to Death Valley National Park died from heat exposure and another person has been hospitalized as the temperature there reached 128 degrees this weekend. Continue reading
Jul 06 More records expected to shatter as heat continues to blanket 130 million across the U.S. By Claire Rush, Rebecca Boone, Scott Sonner, Associated Press Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters… Continue reading
Jul 04 Over 130 million Americans under alert as ‘extremely dangerous’ heat wave hits Fourth of July By Melina Walling, Associated Press Regions that may see temperatures above 90 degrees or much higher into the triple digits include nearly all of the West Coast, the southern Plains, most of the lower Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and parts of Florida. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 6:56 Proposed rules would protect workers from heat, top weather-related cause of death in U.S. By Stephanie Sy More than 90 million Americans are under heat advisories this week. Many may not realize it but heat is the leading cause of weather-related death in the U.S. The triple-digit temperatures in the days ahead come as President Biden unveils… Continue watching
Jul 01 Arizona street medicine teams offer IV hydration to homeless people during extreme heat By Anita Snow, Associated Press Homeless people accounted for nearly half of the 645 people who died last year from heat-related causes in Arizona's Maricopa County. Continue reading